CA including 14 others arrested in multiple probes linked to illegal betting apps

Raipur Police successfully tracked down various organisations associated to the Mahadev Book and Reddy Anna betting applications on Saturday, August 12.

Notably, a chartered accountant who was also the case’s mastermind was detained, along with 8 others. In addition, authorities were able to seized Rs.14.5 lakh in cash, 21 mobile phones, multiple bank passbooks and cheque books, laptops, desktops, and books carrying transaction record.

According to report, in addition to the cash confiscated during the operation, the police uncovered bank accounts with crores of rupees in balance. The cops responded quickly after Trimurti Nagar resident Arun Jal reported the incident.

Arun stated that Rajat Agarwal had sought him for bank accounts in order to conduct various significant transactions. Rajat was lying when he indicated he would refund the bank money in a few days. Arun provided his Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, and other identification to assist Rajat.

Rajat then created a bank account and kept the ATM card and PAN card with himself. He soon informed Arun that he had closed the bank account after his work done. Arun checked with the bank, only to find out that the account was operational. He also discovered transactions totaling crores of rupees.

He promptly filed a police report. SSP Prashant Aggarwal and ASP Abhishek Maheshwari launched an investigation based on the facts presented. Apart from Rajat, seven additional people detained as part of the investigation have been named as Himanshu Singh, Mantu Manjhi, Madan Kumar Yadav, Mohd. Umair, Mohit Tank, CA Farhan, and Upendra Das.

All of these fraudsters duped innocent people into opening bogus bank accounts and then operate illegal Mahadev Book transactions.